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Author's Note: Guys, I just wanna appologize for how long the next chapter is taking. Because of exams, it's taking me much longer to finish. I'll have it done next week for sure. Finally, I'd like to mention that you're always encouraged to write a review, enev if I don't say so, because I've usually just forgotten. Sorry.
Chapter 7 – Hell Kaiser Revealed! A Dark Signer Falls
Two figures in brown-grey cloaks walked through the empty streets of Neo Domino City, seeing no one anywhere. The shorter of the two asked from under his hood, "Where do you think everyone's gone?"
"I don't know," the other one replied. Then, noticing two people in black cloaks walking towards them (unbenounced to them, they were the two Dark Signers from earlier), he pointed and said, "But maybe they can tell us."
"Alright, let's try." Stepping forward, the shorter figure stopped a few feet forward, as did the other two people, and said, "Excuse me, have either of you seen Yuki Judai? He's about my height, slim, red jacket, messy hair. Probably with a green-haired guy."
One of the figures immediately said, "Yes. We know of the man of which you speak. But we will not tell you where he is."
"What? Why?" the taller figure asked in Engrish.
"He is with our master right now," the figures both explained as their eyes began glowing light blue. "We will not have them interrupted."
"Then I'm afraid you leave us no choice-don!" The shorter figure declared. Both figures pulled off their clacks to reveal their identities. The shorter one was muscular, well-tanned, dressed in combat gear complete with dreadlocks, with a dull yellow vest and dinosaur-like bandana. The taller one was dressed in a cowboy outfit, with bandages over his right eyes and a boomerang duel disc on his arm.
"So you wish to duel us." One of the dark figures asked. Responding, both cloak figures pulled out black duel discs and put them on their arms. "Now tell us your names."
"My name is Tyranno Kenzan-don." The muscular figure declared.
"I'm Jim Crocodile Cook," the other figure declared, again in Engrish. Then, switching back to Japanese, he asked, "And who are you two?"
"That's none of your concern," one of them declared as he shuffled his cards. Jim and Kenzan both pulled out their decks and placed them in their duel discs. "Are you two ready to fade into the darkness?"
"Not gonna happen-saurus," Kenzan declared. Understanding this, everyone pulled 5 cards and declared,
"DUEL!"
Jim: LP 4000
Dark Signer 1: LP 4000
Kenzan: LP 4000
Dark Signer 2: LP 4000
"I'll go first," a Dark Signer declared. "I summon Obsidian Dragon in Defence Position (DEF: 2100)." The first Dark Signer was joined by a purple stone beast that hissed out smoke. "I end my turn."
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"And with that Judai," Hell Kaiser declared, after Judai became encased in smoke from the attack of Cyber Artillery Dragon (ATK: 3600). "It's nearly your end. Your last 400 Life Points won't last you much longer and – what?" Looking through the smoke, he saw Judai sitting there, with a flipped face-down card and his Life Points intact.
"You were too quick to act Hell Kaiser," Judai said straight-faced. "I activate A Hero Emerges, so you have to select a card from my hand. If it's a monster, I can Special Summon it."
He placed Neos on his far-right side of his hand, so... "I select the second card from your left." Hell Kaiser pointed at the card as Judai looked at it. Judai then smiled slightly, making Hell Kaiser cringe in shock.
"I special Summon E-HERO Sparkman (ATK: 1600)." Judai's field was joined by his gold and blue warrior, who took up a fighting stance.
"Placing it in attack position? You've lost your touch! Cyber Artillery Dragon, attack!" The dragon once again spun its gun turret, firing its laser at the warrior.
"Trap activate: Hero Shield! Now Sparkman will not be destroyed by battle, and for every 1000 points of damage I draw a new card." The blast hit its target, but the warrior stood before it hit Judai.
Hell Kaiser: LP 4000
Yusei: LP 4000
Kiryu: LP 4000
Judai: LP 2000
"Due to the effect of Hero Shield, I draw 2 cards." Judai pulled his 2 cards, and checked them before placing them beside Neos.
"During Main Phase 2 I activate Future Fusion, and send my 3 Cyber Dark cards to my Cemetery." Looking through his cards, he pulled Cyber Dark Horn, Edge and Keel to place them in his Cemetery. "I end my turn."
"It's my turn," Yusei said as he drew. "And this turn, I intend to make good for what you've done to Judai. I summon Hyper Synchron (ATK: 1600)." Yusei's warrior was joined by a purple humanoid robot with jet boosters on its back. "And from my hand I activate my Material Changer magic card. I release Shield Warrior to summon two monsters whose levels are equal to less than the released monster. You made me discard two Tuning Supporters earlier, so I release Shield Warrior to revive them."
The warrior disappeared from Yusei's field, and were replaced by two small robots in scarves with pans on their heads (ATK: 100) (ATK: 100). "One last thing: when Tuning Supporter is used for a Synchro Summon, I can treat it as Level 2. I do so for both, giving me 8 stars. I tune Hyper Synchro to my Tuning Supporters." The warrior changed into 4 green rings that came down on the two little robots. They then changed into 4 white orbs in a vertical column, and the 8 formed a white tower.
"The clustering stars will awaken a new power. Become the path its light shines upon. Synchro Summon! Come forth, Stardust Dragon (ATK: 2500)!" The white column produced Yusei's Signer Dragon, the white and blue creature with purple orbs and glowing yellow eyes.
"That dragon," Jack declared. "The symbol of Yusei's friendship, his strength.
"Since I used Hyper Synchron," Yusei continued, "Stardust gains 800 ATK (ATK: 3300) Furthermore, my Tuning Supporters each let me draw 1 card." With that Yusei pulled 2 new cards.
"That matters not," Hell Kaiser goaded. "Your dragon is weaker than mine by 300 ATK."
"Not after I play my Trap Card!" Yusei declared as his set card flipped. "Metal Conversion - Magic Reflection Armor adds half your ATK to my monster when I attack, plus 300 ore ATK just by equipping it (ATK: 3600)." Yusei's dragon gained a metallic sheen that powered it up. "Stardust Dragon, attack Artillery Dragon (ATK: 5400)." The white dragon grew stronger as it blasted a vapor stream into the dark machine dragon, but the beast stood.
"Sorry to disappoint you," Hell Kaiser goaded, "but my beast cannot be destroyed by battle. My creature stands."
"Even so," Yusei pointed out, "You still take damage." Hell Kaiser was consumed by a dark aura that caused him pain, and forced him to close his eyes.
Hell Kaiser: LP 2200
Yusei: LP 4000
Kiryu: LP 4000
Judai: LP 2000
"That was a great hit!" Johan declared. "Yusei's combo basically guarantees his dragon will be stronger."
"But not for long," Jack replied. "On Yusei's c2nd Standby Phase, Hyper Synchron's effect will exclude Stardust. And if Yusei uses Stardust's effect, when it returns he'll lose his ATK bonuses."
"Oh dear," Johan thought aloud.
"Don't worry," Jack continued. "Yusei knows what he's doing. And he's got Judai."
Opening his eyes again, Hell Kaiser was seen to have the normal Dark Signer eyes: dark green irises on black pupils. He also had a purple aura from his dark mark on his right arm, but it was not legible through his black sleeve. "Now," he hissed at Yusei, "You pay!"
"We'll see about that," Yusei said as he set 2 cards from his hand. "Your move Kiryu."
"Finally," Kiryu said as he drew. Looking at his cards, he flipped a set card. "I activate Reckless Greed, letting me draw 2 cards. However, I cannot draw during my Draw Phase for 2 turns." Pulling his cards, he sneered as he pulled a card. "I play Infernity Restrain, and by paying 1500 Life Points I Special Summon a monster from your Cemetery. I select Tuning Supporter (ATK: 100)." Yusei's Tuning Supporter card was pulled from Yusei's Cemetery and flew onto his field. Then the little robot appeared before him as well.
Hell Kaiser: LP 2200
Yusei: LP 4000
Kiryu: LP 2500
Judai: LP 2000
"I play Level Conversion Lab, and I reveal my Dark Tuner – Nightmare Hand. Now a number between 1 and 6 is randomly selected." The card appeared behind him, with the picture replaced by a dial that went through numbers 1-6 repeatedly at high speed. Finally it stopped at 4.
"Now I summon Dark Tuner – Nightmare Hand (ATK: 0)." Before Kiryu appeared a pale fiend in sorcerer's armor with wicked claws. "Now guess what I do." Watching Yusei and Judai scowl, he said, "Time's up. I Dark Tune my Nightmare hand to a Level 2 Tuning Supporter, and Dark Synchro Summon my One-Hundred Eyes Dragon (ATK: 3000) (LV: -8)." The robot turned into 2 red rings that turned the fiend into 10 dark orbs. The two merged and formed a black dragon with red wings and many (100 actually) eyes.
"After I draw my card from Tuning Supporter," Kiryu said as Yusei scowled again and he drew, "I activate Martyr's Gift, and release my Destroyer to add its ATK to my beast (ATK: 5300)." The tall creature disappeared as the black dragon grew stronger; then, he continued. "Next I use its effect to gain those of the DARK monsters in my Cemetery. In this case, my Destroyer's effect: with my hand empty, each time it destroys a monster by battle, you lose 800 Life Points. Now attack Sparkman!"
The black dragon fired its shot of black flames at Sparkman, but Yusei intervened. "Trap activate: Defending Clash! I can change the attack target of your attack to Stardust Dragon to draw 1 card. And due to Hyper Synchron, Stardust won't be destroyed." The black flames hit the white dragon across the chest, doing nothing to it. However, as Yusei drew, the same aura surrounded him as had Hell Kaiser earlier.
Hell Kaiser: LP 2200
Yusei: LP 2300
Kiryu: LP 2500
Judai: LP 2000
"Your interference will not be tolerated much longer," Kiryu snapped. "I end my turn." (OHED: ATK 3000).
"It's my turn," Judai declared, "And first I activate Emergency Call to add E-HERO Featherman to my hand." The card slid from the rest of the cards and Judai grabbed it. After quickly showing it, he played another card. "I pay 500 Life Points to activate Double Fusion!"
Hell Kaiser: LP 2200
Yusei: LP 2300
Kiryu: LP 2500
Judai: LP 1500
"You what?" Kiryu asked in a quite surprised manner.
"This Magic Card allows me to send monsters to the cemetery for a Fusion Summon twice in a row. And I intend to do just that. I fuse E-HERO Featherman and E-HERO Burst Lady!" From Judai's hand a green-feathered warrior with wings and talons appeared alongside a white-skinned scantily-dressed female warrior with a gold headdress. They swirled together, and created a green-skinned creature with one wing, a fluked red tail and a dragon head for its right arm.
"Fusion Summon: E-HERO Flame Wingman (ATK: 2100)! But I'm not done yet. I fuse Flame Wingman and Sparkman!" The golden warrior and its green-skinned comrade spiraled together, this time creating a blinding flash of light. Out came a green-skinned warrior in shining silver armor complete with 2 8-bladed wings. Its right arm held a face-like gantlet over its hand.
"Fusion Summon: Shining Flare Wingman (ATK: 2500). And that's not all: Shining Flare Wingman gains 300 ATK for each E-HERO in my Cemetery. Currently, I have 5 (ATK: 4000)." The armored warrior screeched softly as its power grew. "Now, Shining Flare Wingman, destroy One-Hundred Eyes Dragon!" The armored warrior took flight, its wing blades extending to full length, and it came down with its talons toward the dragon.
"Trap Activate: Power Wall," Hell Kaiser declared, flipping the familiar Trap Card. "The Battle Damage is 1000 points, so I send 10 cards to the Cemetery from my Deck in order to make it 0." The green warrior slashed into its target, but after Hell Kaiser threw out his cards the damage was made 0. Even so, the dragon exploded into pieces.
"Waste of time Hell Kaiser," Judai scolded. "You know of my Flare Wingman's effect. Because it destroyed One-Hundred Eyes Dragon, Kiryu takes its 3000 Attack Points as Damage."
"What?" Kiryu gasped. The green warrior stood before him as its aura grew stronger, for its effect was growing stronger. But then, Hell Kaiser flipped a Trap Card.
"Trap Activate: Fusion Guard. I negate that effect and send a random Fusion Monster to my Cemetery." The aura was stopped by black electricity, and the warrior leapt back to its spot. Then, Hell Kaiser's Extra Deck appeared, and from within it the image of a Cyber Dark Dragon shattered.
"And due to the effect of One-Hundred Eyes Dragon," Kiryu interjected, "I can add 1 DARK monster from my Deck to my hand. I select my Earthbound God, Ccapac Apu." With that the card slid from his deck, and he held up the powerful image to the sky.
Judai growled in frustration before saying, "I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"Well that was a major upset," Johan declared.
Jack responded quickly with, "Even if he failed to damage Kiryu, he made Hell Kaiser waste 2 Traps and lose 10 cards. Even for him, that's crippling. Ano next time, Kiryu won't be as lucky."
"I see."
"Then it's my turn," Hell Kaiser declared as he drew. "I activate Magic Planter. I Release a Permanent Magic on my field in order to draw 2 cards. I release Future Fusion." Placing the card in his Cemetery, he drew 2 cards. "Then I activate my Artillery Dragon's effect to destroy Shining Flare Wingman!"
"Not so fast Hell Kaiser," Yusei shot, "I activate Stardust Dragon's effect. I release Stardust and negate your monster's effect, then destroy it. Your Dragon isn't destructible by battle, but I can destroy it with my effect!" Hell Kaiser snarled as the white dragon wrapped its wings around the machine serpent, and turned to white dust that destroyed the creature.
"Now you pay," Hell Kaiser declared. "Instant Magic: Destruction Soul! When a Monster with 3000 or more ATK is destroyed, I summon 1 Soul Token for each 1000 ATK points. So I get 3 Tokens (DEF: 0) (DEF: 0) (DEF: 0)!" Three dark wisps of smoke rose from the creature's place and took the form of ghosts with glowing grey lines along its body."
What's going on here? Kiryu questioned within his mind. Earthbound Gods only require 2 Releases, and those Tokens can only be released for Special Summons. Earthbound Gods require an Advance Summon. And what's more, none of them have grey stripes. I smell a rat.
"You're not really a Dark Signer are you?!" Kiryu yelled to Hell Kaiser.
"What makes you think that?" Hell Kaiser said as he pulled up his right sleeve. The glowing purple mark on his arm was revealed as a serpent that wound along his arm and whose head ended on his hand. "See? I have a Dark Mark as well!" However, instead of taking his word, Kiryu looked as though he was staring down the most terrifying thing on this earth.
"Surely you should know the Mark of a fellow Dark Signer," Judai questioned.
"No… you don't understand," Kiryu gasped out. "The serpent is not one of our marks!"
"What?" Jack blurted. "Then what is he?"
Hell Kaiser growled at Kiryu's statement, seemingly incredibly angered. Holding his right arm toward Kiryu, the true Dark Signer burst out in black flames that put him in severe pain. Kiryu slumped to his knees. "You've asked for this," Hell Kaiser spurted, the sound of a deeper and darker voice joining his own. "So far, my reign of power in this city has been relatively simple – apart from your insubordination and your constant attempts to stand in my way!"
"Kisama!" Judai declared, his eyes turning orange and green again (but this time glowing). As he continued, Yubel's female voice joined his, and gradually it grew stronger and more distinct. "I would know the sound of voice anywhere! Why have you returned to this world?"
Acknowledging that Judai and Yubel knew his voice, Hell Kaiser turned to them and said, "So you remember me then? I would think so; after all, you saw my wrath face-to-face not so long ago."
"You!" Yubel's voice declared, Judai's having stopped for some reason. "Darkness! You have no business in this world!"
"Oh, but I do. These Dark Signers threaten to destroy this world, and this I cannot allow. They must be destroyed. Starting with you, Kiryu." Kiryu looked terrified as Hell Kaiser pulled a card from his hand. "I release my 3 Soul Tokens to summon my Machine-Dragon God – Cyber Dark-End Dragon (ATK: 2600)!"
The tokens disappeared as a huge tower of black flames rose up from the ground. From them, a pair of fan-like bladed wings spread out from the tower, and stretched across the building. A long, dull-colored tail covered in drill-like spikes and ending in a blade also appeared from it. Soon the flames faded to reveal an Amphitherial machine with a large, bladed maw and sharp horns along its body. Claws on its chest showed they were designed to hold something. Finally, the entire thing developed a set of glowing lines along its body that were the same grey as the Tokens.
"When this beast is Summoned, it takes 1 DARK Dragon-type monster from the Cemetery to absorb half its ATK. My choice is your One-Hundred Eyes Dragon, Kiryu!" The machine launched chain-like wires into the ground that re-emerged with the black dragon in its grasp. They pulled it up into the claws along its chest and it locked in place.
"Reverse Card Open!" Kiryu declared, "Infernity shield. I receive 2 Infernity Tokens (DEF: 2500)." Kiryu was joined by 2 burning demons with empty eyes and rotted mouths.
"Your card makes no difference," the Composite voice declared. "In addition to gaining half your Dragon's ATK (ATK: 4100), it also absorbs its effect. Which, in this case, is the effect of every DARK monster in my Cemetery. For starters, it gains Cyber Dark Dragon's effect to absorb 100 ATK for each monster in my Cemetery. That's 14 (ATK: 5500). Next, I absorb the effect of Cyber Dark Horn, to add Piercing Damage to my monster."
"So?" Kiryu said. "Trap Card, Dark Alliance, Activate! Monsters cannot attack monsters with the same attribute!"
"It does not matter. I activate Dark Edge's effect; I reduce my ATK my half (ATK: 2750) to attack your Life Points directly. Cyber Dark-End Dragon, end this game!" The creature formed a black energy sphere in its jaws, which it fired upon Kiryu and struck him hard enough to make him wail in pain. Until the blast ended, Judai and Yusei had to cover their eyes to avoid the sight of Kiryu's flesh being seared.
Hell Kaiser: LP 2200
Yusei: LP 2300
Kiryu: LP 0
Judai: LP 1500
After Kiryu fell, his body was consumed in Dark fog, and eventually he disappeared.
"My work here is done," Hell Kaiser/Darkness declared, "so I resign from this duel. Once the other Dark Signers are gone, then I may return to my world."
"Darkness!" Yusei snapped, "how can you do this?"
"I would think you would be grateful, Yusei." At this moment the serpent mark on his arm shattered and his eyes returned to normal, albeit with the red irises. "The Dark Signers are the ones who oppose you. I'm doing you a favor." With that his body turned to black fog and he began to fade.
"Wait!" Yubel and Judai declared. "Where are the twins?!"
"They're somewhere in this roof." And this that Hell Kaiser/Darkness disappeared.
Card of the Week – Hell Kaiser (Darkness)
Machine-Dragon God – Cyber Dark-End Dragon
Level: 10
Attribute: DARK
Type(s): [Machine/Effect]
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Releasing 3 monsters. When this card is Special Summoned, equip it with 1 Dragon sub-type monster in the Cemetery. This card gains half its ATK and its effect. If this card would be destroyed, destroy that Dragon instead.
ATK: 2600
DEF: 1200